By maintaining a training regimen, you’re more likely to avoid overeating and drinking, which is tough during the holidays when there are sugary treats and libations everywhere. That’s because it’s psychologically challenging to consume fatty foods and alcohol following training when your body is...
The most popular approaches for dealing with a problem and stress-not dealing with it, alcohol/drug abuse, overeating, anger, passivity, withdrawing physically or psychologically, antisocial or violent behavior, quiet desperation, or worrying-not only fail to take care of the problem, but tend ...
There’s a lot of research on how this stuff works in the brain, how it workspsychologically, and one of the things that researchers have figured out is that if you don’t expose yourself to the reward (so let’s say you don’t eat a hamburger and fries for a year),...
These practices can combat things live overspending and overeating. Western religion has also had it’s own ways of combating mindlessness. Saying grace before meals is a type of mindfulness practice and so is tithing to a church or charity…Psychologically speaking, if you’re giving 10% of ...
9. Stop rationalizing.I try not to think, "It's only once." No it isn't. Each cheat makes it more likely I'll cheat again. Also, I try not torationalizeovereating at a meal thinking it will keep me from getting hungry so soon. That may be true but the net effect will be weigh...
Whatever the annoyance, make a joke about it, even if it's a bad one. If you can find some grain of humor in the situation, smiling, laughing and even being silly can all defuse anger and annoyance. It's not psychologically possible to experience two emotions at once. ...
I ALWAYS tell people this when they start it that if they are on it long enough it TRULY changes your relationship with food and even psychologically as well! It has TRULY changed MY life and I cannot thank Tim enough for the info. 🙂 14 months and 125 lbs later and only 7 lbs ...
Then we ask-how to I feel AFTER I eat a meal or snack? Emotionally how do I feel. Physically how to do feel? Am I happy with the way I feel-psychologically and physically and energy wise after eating? If yes, great-keep that meal/snack/habit going, and commend myself for making ...
Yes, it can be physically challenging, but in fact, I think if you’re doing it kind of the chilled out way, I don’t want to say the right way, but if you’re doing it in kind of a psychologically healthy way, it’s actually much more akin to going for a walk through the ...
I’m getting better about it, though. It really isn’t the end of the world to stop and nibble a few cookies/a Larabar/a handful of potato chips/whatever I brought. Even better is when I have a handlebar bag and can eat while riding!